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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Office for iPad will be unveiled this month — Satya Nadella is planning to host his first press event as Microsoft CEO next week. The software maker has been inviting members of the media to a special cloud- and mobile-focused event in San Francisco on March 27th.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple introduces 8 GB iPhone 5c to help boost disappointing sales (update: now on European Apple stores) — Update: Apple has now added the 8 GB 5c to its European online stores. In the UK, the device is priced at £429 unlocked — a difference of £40 between it and the 16 GB model.
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The Next Web, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Verge and iPhone in Canada Blog. Thanks:@zachorybenton
| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple re-introduces fourth-generation iPad in 16 GB model starting at $399, discontinues iPad 2 — Today it was rumored that Apple had plans to bring the previous-generation iPad back into production to replace the aging iPad 2. As expected, the fourth-gen iPad is now available once again …
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| Jan Koum / WhatsApp Blog: |
WhatsApp founder: Facebook “partnership” won't change values, not collecting new data on users — Setting the record straight — Since announcing our upcoming partnership with Facebook, we've been truly humbled by how much attention our story has received.
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Tweets: @counternotions, @alex, @kaepora and @kaepora
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's Set Top Box Will Be A Dongle Like Chromecast, Could Feature OnLive-Style Streaming — Amazon is readying a game console/set top box of its own, and we've learned from multiple sources familiar with the device that the Lab126-produced gadget will have a form factor similar to the Chromecast …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle limits number of ride-sharing drivers on the road to 150 per company at any given time — Seattle City Council approves cap on Lyft, UberX, Sidecar drivers — Councilmember Mike O'Brien speaks at Monday's Seattle City Council meeting. — After nearly one year of deliberation …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta — Dropbox has quietly acquired Zulip, the makers of a workplace chat solution for desktop and mobile, which had yet to publicly launch. Though still in private beta at the time of the acquisition …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Testers Gain Access To A New Timeline Called “Fave People” For Tracking Favorite Twitter Accounts — Twitter is experimenting with a new feature called “Fave People,” which allows you to keep track of your favorite Twitter users and accounts in a separate timeline.| Nellie Bowles / Re/code: |
Apple doesn't accept Steve Jobs-themed apps — Quoth Steve Jobs, but Never in the App Store — Since he died in October of 2011, people have looked for a myriad of ways to remember Apple legend Steve Jobs. — That has included a recent mosaic by San Francisco-based artist Jason Mecier …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
This is Healthbook, Apple's major first step into health & fitness tracking — Seven years out from the original iPhone's introduction, and four years past the iPad's launch, Apple has found its next market ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking industry.
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I4U News, Wired, Wearable World News, Los Angeles Times, ExtremeTech, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, PandoDaily, Softpedia News, POPSUGAR, Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, Computerworld, VentureBeat, App Advice, Wall Street Journal, LAPTOP Magazine, USA Today, CNET, Mashable, FierceWireless, ParisLemon and iPhone Hacks. Thanks:@srikardr
| CB Insights: |
Out Early: 67% of Tech Exits in 2013 Went to Early-Stage Startups — Unicorns garner the headlines but 67% of investor-backed tech exit transactions last year came after the company raised just a seed or Series A round of financing. — The headlines may obsess over the WhatsApps and Twitters of the world … | Bloomberg: |
Cloudera Said to Raise at Least $200 Million in Funding — Cloudera Inc. is raising at least $200 million in a new round of financing from investors including Intel Corp., according to people with knowledge of the situation. — The fundraising values the maker of open source database software …
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast and Time Warner Cable lost 1.1 million video customers in 2013 — Comcast, Time Warner Cable (TWC), and all other top cable companies lost pay-TV subscribers in 2013, but the companies were able to boost their total broadband Internet subscribers, according to research by Leichtman Research Group.| Gawker: |
GitHub co-founder on leave is Tom Preston-Werner, wife said to have intimidated others at the company — Meet the Married Duo Behind Tech's Biggest New Harassment Scandal — Sam Biddle and Nitasha Tiku — GitHub, an immensely popular and influential social network for software code …
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| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Airbnb hopes to offer services for “the entire trip”, including transport, cleaning, and more — Inside Airbnb's Grand Hotel Plans — HOW BRIAN CHESKY, THE MILLENNIAL IMPRESARIO BEHIND RED-HOT AIRBNB, TEAMED UP WITH CHIP CONLEY, THE HOTEL INDUSTRY'S LAST BLACK-SHEEP INNOVATOR …
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TechCrunch and Business Insider. Tweets: @ebboyd, @thenickfrost, @dmac1, @rafat and @austincarr. Thanks:@_trendspotter
| Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube Enlists ‘Trusted Flaggers’ to Police Videos — Google has given roughly 200 people and organizations, including a British police unit, the ability to “flag” up to 20 YouTube videos at once to be reviewed for violating the site's guidelines. — The Financial Times last week reported … | Dan Froomkin / The Intercept: |
Department of Homeland Security gets license plate data from private sector, doesn't need its own system — Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — Screengrab from Vigilant Solutions YouTube demo of its location-tracking service.
Tweets: @dustinslaughter and @trnsprttnst
| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Quakebot algorithm reacts to alerts from U.S. Geological Survey, writes story for LA Times — The First News Report on the L.A. Earthquake Was Written by a Robot — Ken Schwencke, a journalist and programmer for the Los Angeles Times, was jolted awake at 6:25 a.m. on Monday by an earthquake.
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TechCrunch, Nieman Journalism Lab, Los Angeles Times, Poynter and Business Insider. Tweets: @adamclarkestes
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
YouTube is reportedly building a version for kids under 10 years old, asks creators for child-oriented content — As the biggest video sharing site by a landslide, YouTube attracts people from all walks of life, for better or for worse. Yet the Google-owned company is reportedly developing …
| Sean Buckley / Engadget: |
Mt. Gox gets its login page back, but only lets users check their Bitcoin balance — Wondering where your Bitcoins are? Looks like Mt. Gox is giving you an official way to check. The fallen Bitcoin exchange has updated its homepage with a sparse login screen, inviting users to sign …
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Reuters, Malwarebytes Unpacked, The Next Web and TechCrunch
| TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's Free OneNote Hints At Its Larger Strategy — This morning, Microsoft announced that it was making OneNote, its note-taking service that syncs across platforms, free. The PC app, the new Mac app, and a variety of small tools for the service are now available for anyone to use without cost.
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